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Execution Date Rescheduled for Lee County Murderer

FORSYTH, Ga - The Lee County Superior ordered the Georgia Department of Corrections to carry out the execution of convicted murderer Warren Lee Hill on a date between July 13-20, 2013. Commissioner Brian Owens has rescheduled the date for July 19, at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson at 7 p.m.

Hill was convicted in 1991 for the murder of Joseph Handspike. If executed, Hill will be the 31st inmate put to death by lethal injection.

Media interested in a picture of Hill and a listing of his crimes may go to the GDC website (www.dcor.state.ga.us).

The GDC has one of the largest prison systems in the U.S. and is responsible for supervising nearly 60,000 state prisoners and over 160,000 probationers. It is the largest law enforcement agency in the state with approximately 12,000 employees.